Ethical and Critical Analysis of Journalism

lcomu2430  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Ethical and Critical Analysis of Journalism
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Grevisse Benoît;
Language
French
Main themes
The course aims to make students aware of the conditions of production that structure and determine all journalistic work, and to place this reflection in the framework of a deontological approach in a situation of operationalisation. It will also seek to provide students with an understanding of the basis, norms and ethical reasoning of Belgian and international journalistic deontology.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1. Be aware of the conditions of production that structure and determine all journalistic work, and to place this reflection in the framework of a deontological approach in a situation of operationalisation ;
 
2. Understand the basis, norms and ethical reasoning of Belgian and international journalistic deontology ;
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Bibliography
Grevisse, Benoît, Déontologie du journalisme : enjeux éthiques et identités professionnelles (2e édition), De Boeck, 2016.
De nombreux documents sont également mis à disposition en ligne.
Faculty or entity
COMU


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Communication

Master [120] in Communication

Master [120] in Journalism

Master [60] in Information and Communication

Certificat universitaire en éthique économique et sociale